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Also known as flying carp. and while their behavior looks bizarre, the jumping carp are actually responding to the boat's motor. >> it gets startled by this sound and reacts by leaping out of the water. >> look at this. >> the fish frenzy is an entertaining spectacle, but there's a serious downside, too. >> this species really is invasive. it's not native to this water. it doesn't belong here. and it does compete with the native species for food sources. >> the voracious carp feed on phytoplankton and feed aggressively on sport fish, making them an angler's nightmare. they're not just in these...

>> a single jumping fish is unusual. but it's not enough to shock troy or mac. but within seconds, dozens of fish start leaping out of the water in all directions. >> left side, right side, front, back, all the way across the river. they were just jumping everywhere around the boat. >> oh! there's one! up on my shoulder! >> the fish are so active that the guys have to protect their heads. and it's no picnic for the cameraman either. >> boom! >> hit the cameraman. nailed me in the back. >> some of the fish weigh more than 20 pounds and they're propelled by powerful tails that can launch them up...

Kentucky. >> it's kind of like a hub for the marine industry so all of the barges, tow boats, they are here. >> but barges aren't all you'll find on this river. >> one of the safety concerns is actually the flying carp which sounds crazy to a lot of people but they really do fly out of the water at high speeds and they get rather big. >> the carp gather in the warm shallow areas near the shore so when a boat comes by, they jump out the water. it's like a defense mechanism. it's the sound of the engine that's bothering them. that's one more concern that we have when we're doing a clean up. what...

It's a hub for the marine industry, so all the barges, tow boats are here. >> but barges aren't all he'll find on this river. >> one of the safety concern the is the flying carp which sounds crazy to a lot of people, but they really do fly out of the water at high speeds, and they get rather big. >> the carp gather in the warm, shallow areas near the shore, so when the boat comes by. >> they jump out of the water like a defense mechanism. it's the sound of the engine bothering them. it's one more concern that we have in the cleanup. in this river we go ahead and run a boat without anything on ...

>> some of my buddies that were patrolling on the wabash river said you got to come over here. >> mac calls troy and they set out on a fishing expedition they will never forget. >> all of a sudden that first fish comes flying out of nowhere, passes between us, bouncing off parts of the boat. >> there's one! >> a single jumping fish is unusual. but it's not enough to shock troy or mac. but within seconds, dozens of fish start leaping out of the water in all directions. >> left side, right side, front, back, all the way across the river. they were just jumping everywhere around the boat. >> oh! ...